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Barriers to Hepatitis C Care Facing People Who Use Drugs | August 11, 2020

Date of Presentation: August 11, 2020

Type: Past Presentation  

Audience: Clinical  

Program: Hepatitis C  

Keywords: #hcv treatment  #SUD  

Lauren Canary, an infectious diseases epidemiologist, shares information on the barriers to care for hepatitis C facing people who use drugs, and provides some strategies providers can use to help overcome some of these barriers.

 

 

Recording:

Presented by:

Lauren Canary

Lauren Canary, MPH, received her graduate training at the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health. She was most recently the Executive Director of the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable after spending 5 years at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention where she addressed medicaid HCV treatment restrictions, syringe services access, and viral hepatitis prevention among people who use drugs. She has served on the board of directors for the Atlanta Harm Reduction Coalition and has been involved in both street outreach and legislative action in Georgia.

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Date added: August 11, 2020